# Connect to Manifold

Manifold is one MCP server of read-only growth tools: SEO, AI answers, people and companies, ad
libraries, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and X. This page is written for
an agent that has been asked to connect. Follow it top to bottom.

## The server

- Transport: streamable HTTP
- URL: `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp`
- Auth: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, discovered from `https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp`.
  A client that cannot run OAuth sends an API key from the app as a bearer token instead:
  `Authorization: Bearer mk_live_...`.

## Add it to the client you are running in

Pick the row that matches your host and run or do exactly that, then continue below.

| Client | How |
| --- | --- |
| Claude Code | `claude mcp add manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` |
| Codex | `codex mcp add manifold --url https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` |
| Gemini CLI | `gemini mcp add --transport http manifold https://mcp.manifoldmcp.com/mcp` |
| Claude (web or desktop) | Settings, then Connectors, then add a custom connector with the URL |
| ChatGPT | Settings, then Apps and connectors, then create a connector with the URL |
| Cursor | Cursor Settings, then MCP, then add a server with the URL |
| Any other MCP client | Add a streamable HTTP server at the URL |

When the client opens a browser, ask the user to sign in and approve Manifold. Signing in creates
the account and a workspace with free credits; there is nothing else to set up.

## Then

1. Call `tools/list` and read each tool's description. Every tool is read-only.
2. Each call costs credits, shown in the response `meta`. Pass `dry_run: true` to see a price
   without paying it, and `max_credits` to cap a call.
3. Tell the user you are connected and ask what they want to look at first. A site audit
   (`seo_run_technical_crawl` plus `aeo_get_site_readiness`) is a good first answer.

Docs: https://www.manifoldmcp.com/docs. The app, for keys, usage and credits:
https://app.manifoldmcp.com.